Samajwadi Party feud News
In yet another sign of his weakening grip over the Samajwadi Party, Shivpal Yadav - the Uttar Pradesh unit chief of the ruling party and the estranged uncle of Chief Minister Akhilesh – took a U-turn on Monday and said no new political outfit will be floated after state assembly elections.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday issued an order to re-induct nine expelled Samajwadi Party leaders into the party.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday is likely to give an interim order on the dispute in the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.
The rift in the Samajwadi Party (SP) is not only affecting the people directly associated with the party, but also those who are indirectly connected with the same.
Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam today asked their supporters not to worry about the feud in the party and to focus on crucial assembly polls in the state.
Signalling a likely end to the prolonged family feud once and for all, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday asserted that Akhilesh Yadav would be the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh if his party comes to power again, insisting that he has no disagreement with his son.
At an impromptu press conference in Delhi, the senior Yadav announced that Ram Gopal Yadav has been sacked from the party with immediate effect.
Mulayam Singh Yadav hinted at a possible patch-up with his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today.
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh has been accorded 'Z' category security cover of central paramilitary commandos by the Union government due to threat perception following "recent activities", a development that comes in the backdrop of infighting in SP ahead of UP Assembly polls.
Cycle, the symbol of Samajwadi Party, faces the threat of being frozen before the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls if the Election Commission is not able to decide which of the two factions of the party commands majority in the organisation.
SP patriarch Mulayam Singh and Shivpal Yadav are in New Delhi as they prepare to present their case before the Election Commission to stake claim on the party's poll symbol.
Amid signs of a reconciliation, senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram GopalYadav on Friday claimed that Akhilesh Yadav, the newly declared president of the party, enjoys support of nearly 212 out of the party's 229 MLAs.
Hinting at a patch up between the father and his son, senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Thursday said that all issues will be sorted between party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh.
The Election Commission will soon take a view based on precedents and set principles on the dispute over the cycle poll symbol, on which two factions in the Samajwadi Party have staked claims.
Stating that the ongoing power struggle within the Samajwadi Party has been put to rest with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav reconciling, senior party leader Azam Khan has expressed hope that the two leaders will keep all options for dialogue open and jointly fight the assembly polls.
We take a brief look at the day 2 of the feud between Mulayam-Akhilesh-Shivpal Yadav of Samajwadi Party.
The crisis within the Samajwadi Party further escalated as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was on Sunday elected as the party president whereas SP national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav was once again expelled from the party for six years by Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday issued an invitation to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh to join Samajwadi Party.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who shares a good rapport with Akhilesh, is positive about out an alliance with the latter in case there is a split in the Samajwadi Party.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is locked in a bitter power struggle with his uncle Shivpal Yadav - a powerful figure in the ruling Samajwadi Party - these days, rushed to Raj Bhawan on Wednesday to meet the state's Governor triggering intense speculations that all is still not well within the ruling party.
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